Talk:Thomas Vaughan (philosopher)

Vaughan Bros
It might be worth adding to the article that Thomas was, along with George Herbert, an enormous influence on the poetry of his brother Henry. Thomas became interested in Hermeticism before Henry, who became interested through his brother at a time of spiritual crisis in his life. The Christian Hermeticism which both brothers explored then fed heavily into Henry's Metaphysical Poetry. ThePeg 14:40, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Not sure if I'm using this corectily, just a note, Vaughn most certainly did not admit to belonging to the Unknown Philosophers, which was an 18th c group famous for including Saint Martin. sachiokoyin —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sachiokoyin (talk • contribs) 23:03, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Just a note: the Society of Unknown Philosophers is referenced in a letter purporting to be from the alchemist Michael Sendivogius to a Rosicrucian society in Belgium, and dated 1646, and published in France in 1691. These letters are translated and reproduced by Sibly in a 1797 edition. Thus it is possible that Vaughan was indeed a member of this earlier version of the Society, if it indeed existed. <-- unlikely as Sendivogius died well before 1646! 213.93.86.199 (talk) 23:31, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Debus reference
The debus reference (note 6) is incorrect; while Debus is the editor of the volume in which the refrenced article appeared, the article itself is in fact by William Newman.